| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.44 | Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, | Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.214 | providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not | Prouidence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.339 | pistol kills a sparrow flying. | Pistoll kills a Sparrow flying. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.341 | So did he never the sparrow. | So did he neuer the Sparrow. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.61 | Useth the sparrow – did oppress our nest, | Vseth the Sparrow, did oppresse our Nest |
| King John | KJ I.i.231.2 | Philip? – Sparrow! James, | Philip, sparrow, Iames, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.211 | The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long | the Hedge-Sparrow fed the Cuckoo so long, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.35 | As sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion. | as Sparrowes, Eagles; / Or the Hare, the Lyon: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.165 | continency. Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves | Continencie. Sparrowes must not build in his house-eeues, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.123 | The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, | The Finch, the Sparrow, and the Larke, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.100 | Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, | Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.70 | nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not | nine Sparrowes for a peny, and his Piamater is not |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.71 | worth the ninth part of a sparrow. This lord, Achilles – | worth the ninth part of a Sparrow. This Lord (Achilles) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.32 | fetches her breath as short as a new-ta'en sparrow. | fetches her breath so short as a new tane Sparrow. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.11 | double-horned Spartan! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! – The bull | double hen'd sparrow; lowe Paris, lowe; the bull |